

“It found a voice... Now it needs a body.”
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Andy Frain, Teruo Miyahara
User score
3,978 votes



Released
November 18, 1995
1h 23m
Japanese
Budget → Revenue
$3M → $10M

Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)

Iemasa Kayumi
Puppetmaster (voice)

Koichi Yamadera
Togusa (voice)

Yutaka Nakano
Ishikawa (voice)

Tamio Ohki
Aramaki (voice)

Tessyo Genda
Director Nakamura (voice)

Masakazu Namaki
Dr. Willis (voice)
Masato Yamanouchi
Minister of Foreign Affairs (voice)

Shinji Ogawa
Gaikôkan (voice)

Mitsuru Miyamoto
Mizuho Daita (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji
Garbage Collector A (voice)

Shigeru Chiba
Garbage Collector B (voice)

Hiroshi Yanaka
Coroner (voice)

Ginzo Matsuo
Old Man (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama
Terrorist (voice)

Sanryo Odaka
Technician (voice)
Masamichi Sato
Driver (voice)
Atsuko Hayashida
Operator (voice)

Yuji Ueda
Communication (voice)